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[SAMUEL GABBER, oF BEAvER,'PENNSYLVANIA Lettera PtentNo. 79,649, dated July' 7, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT INLOGKnllTUTS.

Sdgvehnle refemh in in tlj'e'se tttas rtiu -a1ii`1nrking'mrtnf the time 'lroALL wHoM 1m MAY o oNoERN:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL Guillen, of Beaver,`in the oo unty ofBeaver, and yStatelot' Pennsylvania,have invented anew and iiseful Improvementin Locking-Nuts ;A and I do herebydeclare that the following is a' full, clear, and e'xact description thereof, which will enable others skilled inth'e art to make andV use the same, referi ence being had tothe accoinpanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in irhich- Figure'l is a sideview-of the adjacent ends of vtnvo-oontiguous rails of a raihead-track,'illustrating-my '.'inventionll i Y Figure 2'is a vertical cross-section of the same, talienrthroughthe line u z, iig. 1. :Figure 3 is a-vertical cross-'section 'of the same, taken through the line'y y, fig. 1. Similar lettersof rcferenceindicate corresponding parts. p My invention has for itsobject to furnish a simple and effective means for keeping nuts upon bolts that are subject to a frequent or continuous jarring, designed vespeciallyfor securing thevnuts upon the bolts that hold i the fish-plates to the' sides ofthe rails of railroad-tracks, but which are equally applicable to nutsupo'n bolts in other situations.;v and iticonsists in the lock-piece or block-placed :between the nuts to be locked, and held inf place by ajrivet-headed-nail or screw passing through said block,l anda piece or' plate behind it, as hereinafter l more fully-described.

V,A are the adjacent ends of two contiguous rails, which are held in place, and in'connefetion with each other, lby thjefishplates B.V v I. l I I Thesh-plates Bereheld in place, hpon' the sides of the rails A, bythe' bolts C, which pass through them and through the body ofthe rails A,- and upon the ends of which are screwed thefnuts D. l

E are the'lo'kin'g-pieees or blocks, which are made of woodor other'lsuitab'le,material, and which are made of such a size as to t into the-space between the opposite sides of the two adjacent nt's, D, to be locked. The locking-piece oit-block E is held. in. place by the rivet-headed nail or screw F. .The screw or nail 'F'niay'pass throughl the fish-plete B, itshead being between the' said fish-plate and theA side of -the rail A, and should' have asrnall n ut screwed upon tseouter end, 'said outer -end being slightly riveted down upon ltho said-nut. In case old {ish-plates are used; a piece or plate, `Gr, of wrought or' cast 'iron maybe placed uponthe outer side of ,the deh-plate, through w'hi'eh the bolts() pass, and through whichthe nail or screw F passes, the head of said nail or screw being betwen'thesnid plate G and the outer side ofitheishh-.plate B,as shown in iig. 3.

Y Having described my 'inventionfI claim as new, and desire to secure-by Letters `Patcnt The lock-block E,-placed between "two adjacentnnts, D, outside theish-plates, and bold in position by ineens of the perforated or recessed fish-plates B, or metal strip G, and the reversed bolt and nut F, all arranged and operating as described, for the purpose specified. l y 4 The above speciication of my invention signedbyeme, thisiirst day of February, 1868. v SAMUEL GARBER.

Witnesses: y

I. M HUNTER, DAVID GRBER, Jr. Y 

